[jira] [Created] (AVRO-1625) Adding Microsoft C# Implementation to the project

["Alexey Orlov (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Alexey Orlov created AVRO-1625:
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             Summary: Adding Microsoft C# Implementation to the project
                 Key: AVRO-1625
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1625
             Project: Avro
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: csharp
            Reporter: Alexey Orlov


In April 2014 Microsoft released to the public its own C# implementation of Avro. The code is completely new. The reasoning for the project was to overcome the limitations of C# implementation available as a component of Apache project at the time we have commenced the effort (early 2013). In particular:

-	Low performance
-	Missing support of serialization using Reflection

Our implementation is called Microsoft Avro Library and available here https://hadoopsdk.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Avro%20Library (together with the code)

Throughout 2014 we have released some updates, fixed bugs, added a feature and now would like to start a conversation about contributing our library to the project.

Doug Cutting suggested I start a Jira issue for this conversation, so I’m following the advice (see http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/avro-dev/201406.mbox/%3c50937B33CDF7CA46AFCC1F1D04C6551A0A01B213@DB3EX14MBXC327.europe.corp.microsoft.com%3e)

Some background information on today’s state of the library:

-	The library supports binary serialization only
-	RPC support is NOT implemented
-	The library is compiled vs Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0. We have NOT tested it on other platforms (e.g. with Mono).

And about me. I’m a Microsoft employee and Program Manager responsible for the project.

Looking forward getting the feedback.

Thank you,
Alexey



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